recall that record I got from the MO state archive some time ago...and it's in the Coats Archive...well, this is D.H. Coats, I think the person in that record...and not Huff D. Coats...I had always wondered about that record because Huff's initial's would have been H.D. Coats not D. H. Coats...but I guess the MO State archive thought they were close enough...<g>...anyway... If it doesn't look right, it may not be...<g>.. Char ----- Original Message ----- From: JSClifft@aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 12:35 PM To: coats@hotmail.com Subject: Re: D. H. Coats in MO Thanks for the Civil War lead on D. H. Coats. Charleston is the county seat for Mississippi Co. Missouri..... I am not sure how he fits in the line that I am looking for, but surely he does. I am thinking that his son Wm. J. age 2 in 1870 could be my William Joseph, especially since I found the age discrepancy in the 1900 census. Janna Clifft <br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>